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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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578Maggenti and Gardnermonogenic a. [Gr. monos, one; genesis, beginning] 1. Monogenetic.2. Reproducing in only one way. 3. Determined bythe alleles <strong>of</strong> a single gene. see polygenic. 4. Monomeric.monogeny n. [Gr. monos, one; genos, <strong>of</strong>fspring] The production<strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong>fspring <strong>of</strong> one sex by arrhenogenesis or thelygenesis.monogonoporus a. [Gr. monos, single; gonos, <strong>of</strong>fspring; poros,channel] Having both male and female gonads openingthrough a common orifice.monogony n. [Gr. monos, one; gonos, <strong>of</strong>fspring] Asexual reproduction.monograph n. [Gr. monos, one; graphos, a writing] An accountor description <strong>of</strong> one subject or class <strong>of</strong> subjects; atreatise discussing a single subject in detail.monogyny n. [Gr. monos, one; gyne, woman] (ARTHRO: Insecta)The existence <strong>of</strong> only one functional queen in a nest.see polygyny.monohybrid n. [Gr. monos, one; L. hybrida, mongrel] The <strong>of</strong>fspring<strong>of</strong> parents differing in one character.monolayer n. [Gr. monos, one; Eng. layer] A single layer <strong>of</strong>cells growing on a substrate.monomers n.pl. [Gr. monos, one; meros, part] Simple compoundsfrom which polymers are synthesized.monomeri n.pl., sing. -us [Gr. monos, one; meros, part] (AR-THRO: Insecta) Insects with one-jointed tarsi.monomeric a. [Gr. monos, one; meros, part] 1. Pertaining toa single segment. 2. Derived from one part. 3. Monogenic.monomerosomatous a. [Gr. monos, one; meros, part; soma,body] Having all body segments fused.monomerous a. [Gr. monos, one; meros, part] Having onlyone joint or part.monometrosis see haplometrosismonomial a. [Gr. monos, one; L. nomen, name] Having onename or designation consisting <strong>of</strong> one term only; uninomial.see binomial.monomorphic colony (BRYO) A colony in which only one kind

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